cashel

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. In early Ireland, a ringfort or a circular stone structure used for defense. historical
    — A cashel is basically a ringfort (a circulr living area surrounded by an earthen bank and ditch) in which the bank surrounding the settlement is a stone wall; often, cashels did not have a surrounding ditch.

词形变化

cashels plural

词源

From Irish caiseal, from Old Irish caisel, from Latin castellum. Doublet of castell, castellum, castle, and château.
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